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Israhel van Meckenem

Also known as: Israhel van Meckenem; primary name: Meckenem, Israhel van; other name: Meckenem, Israel van
Details: individual; printmaker; German; Male
Other dates: 1440-1503 (Born c. 1440/45)
Biography: Goldsmith and engraver. His oeuvre of about 500 engravings makes him the most prolific engraver of the fifteenth century. His family possibly came from Meckenheim near Bonn. His earliest work is closely connected with the Master of the Berlin Passion (probably active in Kleve); Israhel made numerous copies of this artist's prints and re-worked 22 of his engraved plates. He made a decision early in his career to work as a reproductive engraver and copied work by the Master ES, Schongauer and Dürer; he also designed lively and innovative genre scenes and ornament prints. By 1480 he had settled in Bocholt. Documents indicate that he owned property, had a flourishing workshop and also worked as a goldsmith. The date of his death, 10 November 1503, is recorded in an anonymous drawing of c. 1600 in the British Museum (inv. E,1.159) of his tombstone which has not survived.
Bibliography: Lehrs IX (624 nos) Hollstein, vols. XXIV and XXIVa (by Fritz Koreny; follows Lehrs numbering) A. Riether, 'Israhel van Meckenem (um 1440/45 - 1503) Kupferstiche - Der Münchner Bestand', exh cat, Munich, Staatliche Graphishe Sammlung, 2006 (reviewed in PQ, xxiv, 2007, pp.316-7)

487 related objects

drawing

Museum number: E,1.159 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1600

drawing; album

Museum number: 1841,1211.8.22 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Peter Paul RubensAfter:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1609-1612

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.71 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1480-1490

plate

Museum number: 1878,1230.407 |
Producer name: Painted by:Master of the Death of the VirginPainted by:Master Gonela |
Production date: 1510-1515 |
Production place: Made in:Faenza

print

Museum number: 1942,1114.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master ESPrint made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1450-1467

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.12 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1868,1114.150 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1500-1525

print

Museum number: 1861,1109.690 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master of the Dutuit Mount of OlivesAfter:Master of the Blumenrahmen |
Production date: 1455-1470

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.20 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1911,0708.26 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1842,0806.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Hans Holbein the Elder |
Production date: 1490-1500

print

Title: Cabinet Praun |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1698 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb PrestelAfter:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1779

print

Museum number: 1842,0806.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Hans Holbein the Elder |
Production date: 1490-1500

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master ESPrint made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1450-1467

print

Museum number: 1932,0312.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master ESPrint made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1450-1467

print

Museum number: 1868,1114.227 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Berlin Passion |
Production date: 1460-1475

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.14 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1895,0617.183 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1868,1114.228 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master ES |
Production date: 1465-1475

print

Museum number: 1842,0806.82 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1475-1485

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.332 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1480-1490

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.130 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master ES |
Production date: 1470-1480

print

Museum number: 1879,0510.322 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master W & key |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1873,0809.651 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1867,0713.158 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1475-1480

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.167 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1485-1500

print

Museum number: 1843,0513.211 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1895,0617.176 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Hans Holbein the Elder |
Production date: 1480-1500

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.338 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Martin Schongauer |
Production date: 1470-1480

print

Museum number: 1936,1015.2 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.94 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1895,0617.180 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Hans Holbein the Elder |
Production date: 1480-1500

print

Museum number: 1925,0406.87 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1480-1490

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.372 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1495-1503

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.126 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.128 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Martin Schongauer |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1868,1114.74 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1480-1490

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.371 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Housebook |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.314 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1475-1485

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.356 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1895,0617.170 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Hans Holbein the Elder |
Production date: 1480-1500

print

Museum number: 1842,0806.80 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1475-1485

print

Museum number: 1860,0114.191 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Nepomuk StrixnerPrint made by:Carl Heindel |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Printed in:Munich

print

Museum number: 1870,0709.656 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1465-1475

print

Museum number: 1856,0614.142 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master W & key |
Production date: 1465-1480

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.315 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1475-1485

print

Museum number: 1895,0617.173 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Hans Holbein the Elder |
Production date: 1480-1500

print

Museum number: E,1.147 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1495-1503

print

Museum number: E,1.109 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1475-1485

print

Museum number: E,1.131 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master W & key |
Production date: 1470-1490

print

Museum number: 1854,0708.9 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1480-1490

print

Museum number: 1842,0806.74 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1475-1485

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.11 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: E,1.93 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1485-1495

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.185 |
Producer name: After:Israhel van MeckenemPrint made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1911,0708.30 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.28 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemPrint made by:Master of the Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master ES |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1842,0806.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Hans Holbein the Elder |
Production date: 1490-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.44 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: E,1.120 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1470-1500

print

Museum number: 1868,1114.28 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.1 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1932,0514.82 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1470

print

Museum number: 1868,1114.225 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Berlin Passion |
Production date: 1460-1475

print

Museum number: 1851,1213.16 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1475-1485

print

Museum number: 1866,0623.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master of the Dutuit Mount of OlivesAfter:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1455-1470

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.45 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1846,0709.26 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1470-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.19 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print; prayer-book

Museum number: 1912,1022.1.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master of the Berlin PassionDrawn by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1450-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.3 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.32 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1925,0406.82 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1475-1485

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.385 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master ES |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1868,1114.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Berlin Passion |
Production date: 1460-1470

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1868,1114.223 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Berlin Passion |
Production date: 1460-1475

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.49 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Title: Cabinet Praun |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1702 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb PrestelAfter:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1779

print

Museum number: 1842,0806.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Hans Holbein the Elder |
Production date: 1490-1500

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1914,0214.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1911,0708.27 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1861,1109.691 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master of the Dutuit Mount of OlivesAfter:Master of the Blumenrahmen |
Production date: 1455-1470

print

Museum number: E,1.162 |
Producer name: Attributed to a Follower of:Israhel van MeckenemPrint made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1836,0714.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master ES |
Production date: 1465-1475

print

Museum number: 1868,1114.230 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master of the Berlin Passion |
Production date: 1460-1475

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemPrint made by:Master of the Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand |
Production date: 1460-1500

print

Museum number: 1848,1125.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master W & key |
Production date: 1480-1490

print; prayer-book

Museum number: 1897,0103.2 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1475-1485

print

Museum number: 1937,1023.47 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Museum number: 1881,0409.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Martin Schongauer |
Production date: 1470-1480

print

Museum number: E,1.104 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Master ES |
Production date: 1465-1500